The Wife of Bath, Christine de Pizan, and the Medieval Case for Women
- Author / Editor
- Rigby, S. H.
The Wife of Bath, Christine de Pizan, and the Medieval Case for Women
- Published
- Chaucer Review 35: 133-65, 2000.
- Description
- Using ironic techniques deplored by Christine, Chaucer is often misunderstood by modern audiences. Rigby contrasts Christine's "comprehensive defence of women" with Chaucer's satire in WBP, where Alisoun is the target.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale.
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.